Joel cadbtjet and joseph geoege eollason



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J. CADBURY & J. G. ROLLASON.

CORD 0R BAND.

FIG il INVENTORS N. PLHIRS, Phow-Lnhngnpnr. washington, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

.I OEL OADBURY AND JOSEPH GEORGE ROLLASON, OF BIRMlNGHAh-I,

- ENGLAND.

CORDVOR BAND.

.fPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,219. dated May 4, 1886.

Application filed February 23, 1986. Serial No. 192,884. (Nomodcl.) Patented in England July 21, 1885, No. 8,769.

To all whom t may concern,.-

Beit known that we, JOEL CADBURY and JOSEPH GEORGE RoLLAsoN, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, and residing at .Bin mingham, England, manufacturers, have invented a yielding and flexible cord or band to be applied as the cords of brace-tabs and for lacing and other purposes, (for which we have applied for Letters Patent in Great Britain, No. 8,769, dated the 21st day of July, 1885,) oi" which the following is a speciiication.

Our invention has for its object the production of a yielding and pliable cord or band to be usedor applied principally in the formation of brace-tabs, yielding and pliable connections for braces, articles of wearingapparel,and for lacing purposes generally-such as for the lacing of corsets-in order to allow the said lacings to give to the posture of the person, instead of being rigid or non-yielding, as is common with lacings of the ordinary kind.

Our invention consists in the production of a composite cord or band which shall be both 'pliable and yielding, which said cord or band is made np or composed of a non-metallic core composed of a strand or strands of indiarubber or other elastic material, while the outside of this core is encircled byvawclosgtting metallic coiled spgtlat is, the c`i1- teimiib'aseof the cord or band consists of an india rubber or part india rubber. strand, which is covered by a close-coiled metallic spring or a metallic covering of ine springwire, which preserves from wear the non-metallic internal support.

In making up a band orlength of the aforesaid yielding cord or band a knot is made at the extreme ends of the non-metallic core, to prevent the latter and the spring-wire covering from being unequally distended, so that on the stretching or distention of the cord or band the inside core and the outside metallic -spring covering move together, so that the distention and contraction or the action and yielding and pliable metallic cords or bands, as described, there is no undue strain put upon one part more than another.

In the making up or production of a yielding tab for braces a suitable length of the said cord is taken and the extreme ends respectively formed or turned up into a loop, which loop is secured by an ordinary metallic clip. The yielding tab, when applied to braces, expands and contracts or accommodates itself to the posture of the wearer.

In applying our invention to other yielding connections the cords or bands may, if necessary, be used in aseries and placed side by side; and, further, when the yielding cord is -used as a lace for the lacing of corsets and the like, free expansion is allowed by the yielding lacing which is unattainable with lacings of the ordinary kind. Such cords when so employed may be provided with tags.

Instead of connecting the internal support with the outside covering by knots at each end, other attachment means may be employed with like effect. i

The application of our invention to other purposes differs in no essential respect from its application to a brace-tab, yielding connection,or to alace, as hereinbefore described.

Figure 1 illustrates a length of cord made according to our invention. a is coiled springwire having an internal support, b, o f what is known as elastic-that is, this core b consists of thin strands of india-rubber woven with silk or cotton, which forms a noirmetallic yielding cord. c c are knots at the terminal ends of the core b. These knots allow the metallic coil to be distended only to an extent equal to the elasticity of the internal core, so that on the stretching of the cord, as in Fig. 2, the metallic coil and 4its core are distended together.

Fig. 3 is the cord, partly in section. Fig. 4 is a piece of a cord on a large scale, a part being shown in section; and Fig. 5 is a crosssection of the cord shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 shows the said cord applied to a brace-tab, and Fig. 7 the same applied to the lacing of a corset. Fig. 8 shows a lat band applied as a garter and made in the same manner as the cord, and Fig. 9 is a cross-seetion thereof.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. As a new article of manufacture, a discontinuous lexible and yielding cord or band consisting of a, center or core of india-rubber with knots to prevent undue expansion of the or elastic fabric encircled by a protecting cover spring-Wire, substantially as described. of spring-Wire Wound spirally thereon, snb- Signed this 2d day of February, 1886.

stantially as described. JOEL CADBURY JOSEPH GEORGE ROLLASON.

Vitnesses:

HENRY SKERRETT, MILEs E. HUGHES,

' Both of Birmingham,

2. As a new article of manufacture, aJ (lisoontinuous exible and elastic band or cord for supporting or fastening Wearing-apparel, consisting of a core of india-rubber or elastic fabric and a protecting cover of spirally- 1o Wound springwire, said core being provided 

